St Jude Council #5814

NY3rd District

Serving Beautiful Rocky Point

and Surrounding Communities

St Jude

Beacon

**** OCTOBER 2016 ****

Volume XIV Number XX
683 Rt. 25A
Rocky Point, NY
631-744-7043

S.K. Eugene A. Johann, Editor

WWW. STJUDECOUNCIL.ORG

GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE

My Brothers All,
The budget and calendar of events for this year are finished. We
will present the budget to the membership to vote on at the October 5th
meeting.
The first Family Communion Breakfast will be at St. Marks on
October 30th after the 9:30 Mass. St. Louis De Montforts will be in April or
May, St Anthonys to be announce soon.

In service
to one.
In service
to all.

I hope you all had a pleasant summer and enjoyed your time in the sun.
There are a lot going on around the Conference in trying to get
John Joseph elected the State Deputy for the Suffolk Conference.

Our C&B Chance Books Program is off

and running. This is a great Fundraiser to
help the Council meet its Charitable
Obligations. Call Paul Basileo PGK, C&B
Chairman for C&B Books and more
information about the program.
Telephone # 631 375-7088.

May God bless you and your

families,

S.K. Frederick S. Hess

Grand Knight

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KofC: Send Aid to Genocide Victims

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson called on the U.S. government and humanitarian relief agencies to deliver aid directly to
Christians and other communities who are victims of genocide in Iraq and Syria. He made the comments in testimony before a joint
government commission on Thursday, Sept. 22.
Addressing the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, the supreme
knight said:
Our legislative and executive representatives need to deliver to our diplomatic and aid entities a clear and simple message: In the
midst of this genocide, saving Christians and other communities that face extinction in Iraq and Syria is part of your mission.
There is nothing unconstitutional, illegal, unethical or unprofessional about prioritizing their right to survival as communities. They are
innocent victims of a genocide. If these victim communities are not receiving aid, you are not fulfilling your mission. And such action
is consistent with the best of American and U.S. State Department tradition.
Noting a precedent for such aid to specific communities devastated by genocide, the supreme knight cited American relief work in
the early 20th century. During this period, the U.S. government worked with Church groups and individuals to provide funding and
deliver aid directly to communities that had been victimized by the genocide against Christians during and following World War I.
In addition, Supreme Knight Anderson went on to call for an emergency appropriations package for the groups that have faced genocide. He said that U.S. aid to governments in the region should be conditioned on equal rights for religious minorities in order to foster religious pluralism and tolerance:
[The aid we provide must be an investment in a more peaceful future in the region. This cannot happen unless the system of religious apartheid there ends. Christians and other religious minorities are entitled to equal rights.
The Knights of Columbus has raised more than $11 million in support of Christian refugees, especially those from Iraq and Syria.
Together with In Defense of Christians, the Knights also produced a nearly 300-page report documenting the genocide occurring
against Christians at the hands of ISIS and related groups. That document was presented to the U.S. State Department in March and
has been widely credited for being instrumental in securing the U.S. governments genocide designation, delivered by Secretary of
State John Kerry on March 17.Supreme Knight Andersons testimony before the Helsinki Commission was his fourth testimony before the federal government in the past year. In May, he also testified before the United Nations.
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OCTOBER Birthdays

St. Jude Council Officers

Chaplain
Msgr SK Rev. William Breslawski
Chaplain
Rev. Fr. Thomas Tuite
Spiritual Advisor SK Rev Montford D. Naylor Jr
Grand Knight
Deputy GK
Chancellor
Warden
Recorder
Fin Secretary
Treasurer
Advocate
Lecturer
Inside Guard
Outside Guard
Trustee 1 Year
Trustee 2 Year
Trustee 3 Year
District Deputy
Field Agent

SK Fred Hess
Paul Knudsen
SK Bob Sanders
SK William Benson
SK Steve Spector
SK Andrew Delligatti, PGK
SK Richard Bowne
SK James Lilley, PGK, PFN
Don Flynn
Joseph Badalamenti
Gary Duryea
SK Ray Hernandez
SK Joe Daly PGK
SK John Nugent
SK Mike Boehm PGK
SK Patrick Maguire

631 744-2609
631 744-2800
631 744-6447

631 603-7348
631 664-6410
631 848-7322
516 429-3097
631 821-3249
631 807-3191
631 793-3037

631 744-0752
631 228-4685
631 744-2433
631 744-1821
631 744-2605
631 833-8247

DENNIS

WATERS

Oct 01

JOSEPH

NOWASKI

Oct 03

LAWRENCE

MURRAY

Oct 03

RAY

HERNANDEZ

Oct 06

RICHARD

ROBERTS SR PGK FDD

Oct 08

WILLIAM

DIETZ

Oct 10

ROBERT

FETTINGER

Oct 13

JONATHAN

ROMANO

Oct 16

RICHARD

FLEURY

Oct 16

PETER

CARONIA

Oct 19

JAMES

LILLEY

Oct 20

ROBERT

SANDERS

Oct 21

VINCENT

NOTO

Oct 22

LOUIS

CIGLIANO

Oct 24

VINCENT

MAGGIO

Oct 31

JR

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District Deputys Message

Brothers and Sisters,

Its October, which was always one of my favorite months of the year as a kid. Football season is underway,
the Baseball Playoffs & World Series are ahead and hockey season was about to start! Not to mention Halloween and
all the candy!
October is Membership Month! All Councils are asked to hold Membership Drives and schedule Admission Degrees. Make sure that you have a Form 100 with you at all times! Remember, it is each Members Responsibility to
bring in new Members, so find out what your Council is planning, ask what you can do to help, and bring in a New
Member Soon!!!
I want to ask you to please save two upcoming dates: October 15th is the Conference Fundraiser for John Joseph, Suffolk Countys Candidate for State Deputy. This will be an Italian Feast at St. Sylvesters Council in Medford.
The event will be from 6:30 10:30 and the cost is $20 per person. For tickets or info please call Rich Burke at 631 654
-8474.
And on November 5th the Suffolk Board of District Deputies will be holding a Night at the Races. This event will
be held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Center in Patchogue at 7:30 , doors open at 7 pm. Tickets are only $10 each.
See me for more info or for tickets to this event.
Vivat Jesus
SK Michael Boehm, PGK, District Deputy
Third N.Y. District

She did so much for the Americans because she became one of
them. Why cant I do in India what she did for America?

The Chaplains Corner

Mother TeresaApostle Of Joy
Many people already think of Mother Teresa as a saint
because of her dedication to poor persons and outcasts throughout the world. But when Pope John Paul II beatifies her on Oct.
19, World Mission Sunday, Mother Teresa will actually be one
step closer to sainthood.
During investigations into Mother Teresas life, said
Father Brian, I discovered how spiritually mature she was while
still teaching as a Loreto nun in Calcutta.
In trepidation, she began her new task of serving the
poorest people of India. She found a model in the Italian nun,
Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), who had worked in the
United States. I read the life of St. M. Cabrini, Mother Teresa
wrote.

She was participating in his suffering, in his sense of

being abandoned in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the
cross, he added. This sharing with Jesus drew people to her.
The suffering continued to the end of her life.
The Church will be richer when Mother Teresa is beatified. Father Brian says serving as a postulator has been a positive experience for him. Apart from discovering the mystical aspect of Mother Teresa, it has given me a greater appreciation of
the communion of saints, he said. I appreciate more now the
real and effective love those in heaven have for us and how they
can be our real companions and friends.
-Excerpts from Columbia Magazine August 2003

Charity
Fraternity

Unity
Patriotism

5814 Corporation Directors

President
SK Vincent J. Maggio
744-1673
Vice President SK Salvatore J. LaLima
821-0082
Secretary
SK Robert W. Wilken
821-4962
***Directors Elections To Be Held In November 2016***

Treasurer
Director
Director
Director

SK Richard B. Landers
Herbert B. Simmons
SK Joseph Padovan
Henry Walden

291-9440
744-0951
821-1633
744-9775

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Social Night at the K of C

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE KofC IN ROCKY POINT!! Photos by Cathy Lilley

Financial Secretarys Corner

**** 5814

Membership Numbers:

Corporate Directors ELECTIONS ****

Associate Members - 116

**************************************************************************

Insurance Members - 79

Upcoming Elections for the 5814 Corporation Board Of Directors will include the following members, all running for
the position of Director:

Inactive Members - 22
Total Membership - 217

SK Vincent J. Maggio, SK Richard B. Landers, SK Salvatore

J. LaLima, Herbert B. Simmons, SK Robert W. Wilken, SK
Joseph Padovan, and Henry Walden.

Honorary Members - 6
Honorary Life Members - 55
Disabled Members - 0
- SK Andrew Delligatti, FS, PGK, DW

5814 Corporation Elections will be held at the regualar KofC

business meeting in November. Once the Board is selected,
the Directors will then meet to select their President, Vice

Upcoming EventsOctober 2016

10/05

Wed

Business Meeting

St. Jude # 5814

7:30 pm

10/12

Wed

District Deputy Mtg

Patchogue

7:30 pm

10/14

Fri

Chapter Meeting

St. Jude Council

7:00 pm

10/19

Wed

Council Social

St. Jude # 5814

7:00 pm

10/20

Thu

Officer Meeting

St. Jude # 5814

7:30 pm

10/26

Wed

Fourth Degree Mtg

St. Jude Council

7:00 pm

10/29

Sat

OKTOBERFEST

St. Jude Council

7:00 pm

10/30

Sun

Communion Breakfast St. Marks Church

after 9:30 am Mass

11/13 Sun

Memorial Mass
Memorial Breakfast

8:00 am
9:00 am

11/16 Wed

C&B Knight at the Races Fundraiser

11/26 Sat

Decorate Council Hall For Christmas

Dates to Remember:
St. Louis de Montefort
St. Jude Council

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St. Jude Council #5814

Oktoberfest

Celebration

$30.00 Per Person (Cash Bar)

Bratwurst, Knockwurst, Sptzle, Sauerkraut, Apple Sauce, Cheeses, Bread
Music, Dancing, A fun time for all!
For more information please call: Ralph Ferrara (631) 662-1235
1st Come - 1st Served Tickets available at council hall or by phone
and must be purchased by: Saturday, October 22, 2016

Grand Knights Corner

If any member knows of the passing of a Brother Knight or knows of a Brother
Knight in need, please notify GK Fred Hess at 631 803-7348 or our Funeral Services
Director Ralph Ferrara at 631 662-1235

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Knights Of ColumbusSt. Jude Council #5814

Proposed changes to the By-Laws of St. Jude Council #5814
Notice:
The following amendment will be voted upon at the regular business meeting on Aug. 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM at the Council Hall.

Article VI, Section 7,

Currently reads:
James F. Hannonn Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1976 to provide a monetary scholarship to a high school graduation student. This award is an amount up to $500.00 may be granted upon the approval of the general membership at a regular Business Meeting. A catholic child or grandchild of a member in good standing shall make an application.
A Scholarship committee appointed by the Grand Knight shall be responsible to design and receive all the applications, establish the
criteria for judging the winning recipient and award the scholarship.
The award shall be payable to the school of higher education and be presented to the student by June 30 th of the graduating year.

.
Proposed Amendment:
The St. Jude Council shall award an annual scholarship each June to a graduating high school senior. Candidates must be
practicing Roman Catholics, sponsored by a Council member in good standing, and must also satisfy any additional requirements established each such year by the Councils Scholarship Committee. Such committee shall be comprised of
three Council members appointed by the respective Grand Knight at the February Council meeting. The dollar amount of
each such years scholarship shall be set by approved motion made at a regular business meeting of the Council not later
than March 31st of the respective year.
The award shall be presented to the student by June 30th of the graduating year. The check in the amount of the assistance
shall be made payable to the school of higher learning.

Please Keep in Your Prayers

Brother Richard Bownes Granddaughter Scarlett

Brothers John Lennon, Carmine Lagnese, Larry DiPalma
Joan Mastrogiacomo as she works on getting better.
All the souls of Brothers lost in our Council and in The Order.
(if you need prayers or know of a member or family etc. please send me the information to share).
Contact G.K. Fred Hess 631 821-9805
St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, pray for us.

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Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney

God, our Father, protector of the poor and
defender of the widow and orphan, you called
your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be
an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the
young to the generous service of their neighbor.
Through the example of his life and virtue may
we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely,
fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your
servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we
may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast.
We humbly ask that you glorify your servant Father Michael J.
McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will.
Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make
your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Father, Hail
Mary, Glory be.